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Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2023

Author: Bown, Stephen R.

Publisher: [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada

Call Number: 08.5 B68d

Author: Bown, Stephen R.

Publisher: [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Transportation; Railway; Travel; History; History-Canada

Abstract: Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the engineering triumph that created a nation. In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally thrilling and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometers of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railroad in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces. The times were marked by greed, hubris, blatant empire building, oppression, corruption and theft. They were good for some, hard for most, disastrous for others. The CPR enabled a new country, but it came at a terrible price. In recent years Canadian history has been given a rude awakening from the comforts of its myths. In Dominion, Stephen Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were molding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780385698726

Accession Number: P2023.25

Call Number: 08.5 B68d

Collection: Archives Library

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The soo line's famous trains to Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2023

Author: Gainer, Terry

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 08.5 G12t; 08.5 G12t reference copy

Author: Gainer, Terry

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: 90 pages ; 8 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: CP Rail; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Railway; Railway routes; Transportation; History

Abstract: The Soo Line’s Famous Trains To Canada is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada–USA tourist trains. Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local millers in Minneapolis, the Soo would eventually come to join the Canadian Pacific line at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with service to Montreal. In 1888, Canadian Pacific assumed controlling interest in the Soo Line, providing entry into the lucrative US market and levelling the playing field for the CPR to face the onslaught of ferocious competition from James J. Hill, the infamous American railway baron. The “little railway that could” grew to attain giant-killer status, launching famous passenger trains from Minneapolis and St. Paul, meeting head-on the western expansion of the Great Northern Railway and viable, competitive routes to the Atlantic seaboard. Over the years, the Soo Line introduced thousands of Americans to Montreal and Quebec City, the famous Canadian Rockies resorts, and the city of Vancouver, the home port for CP’s Pacific steamship services. The Soo also successfully competed on the Spokane and Portland routes from Minneapolis to the Pacific Northwest. In 1923 the “Soo Mountaineer” was launched, becoming the most famous and longest “two-nation” train journey in North America. -- From publisher

Contents: Part 1: A brief history of the soo line -- 1. In the beginning -- 2. The birth of the railway -- 3. What a tangled web we weave -- 4. Westward ho through great northern's backyard -- 5. Wisconsin central, the final piece of the puzzle -- 6. Setting the stage, Canadian pacific steamship company and Canadian pacific hotels and resorts -- Part 2: Famous trains of the soo -- 7. The Atlantic limited -- 8. The soo Pacific express -- 9. The Manitoba express, the Winnipeg express, the winnipeger -- 10. The soo-Spokane-Portland train deluxe -- 11. The mountaineer -- 12. The mystique of the mountaineer -- 13. The depression and the dirty thirties -- 14. My mountaineer -- 15. 1962, triumph and tragedy -- 16. The end of an era.

ISBN: 9781771606714

Accession Number: P2023.25; Copy 1 signed by author

Call Number: 08.5 G12t; 08.5 G12t reference copy

Location: Reading Room

Collection: Archives Library

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When trains rules the Kootenays : a short history of railways in Southeastern British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2022

Author: Gainer, Terry

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: First

Call Number: 08.5 G12w

Author: Gainer, Terry

Edition: First

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2022

Physical Description: 240 pages : illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: When Trains Ruled

Subjects: Travel; Transportation; Railways; Railway routes; History

Abstract: When Trains Ruled the Kootenays is the story of how the railways established an extensive and convenient transportation network to haul ore from the mines, move people, and service the communities during the early years of the 20th century in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Terry Gainer's latest book documents sixty years of change in the railway industry of British Columbia. The evolving transformations of life and landscape noted in the text and photos also reflect a period of rapid change in Canada. Threaded through the narrative are anecdotes from Kootenay pioneers recounting their experiences and the means of transportation of the times. -- Publisher's website

Contents: Part I : Rails to the Kootenays: The Kootenays ; The Antagonists ; The Battle Begins : Rails to the West Kootenays ; The Battle Moves East : Rails to the Crowsnest Pass ; Ship Ahoy! The Clash on Kootenay Lake ; The Battle Moves West : Peace at Last? ; Part II : The Trains to Gold and Silver: Nelson Becomes the Hub ; The Trains of the Kootenays ; A Day at the Station ; Trains to Rossland and Trail ; Trains to Castlegar ; Arrowhead and Nakusp : The North Kootenay Gateway ; The Travellers of Yesterday ; Special Trains and Excursions ; Not-So-Special Trains : Canada's Shame, Japanese Canadian Internment ; Into the 20th Century ; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ; Epilogue - The End of a Dream

ISBN: 9781771604017

Accession Number: 2022.08

Call Number: 08.5 G12w

Location: Reading Room

Collection: Archives Library

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Connecting the Kootenays : the Kootenay Lake ferries, a hundred years of service 1921-2020

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: January 2022

Author: Cone, Michael A.

Publisher: Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone

Call Number: 08.5 C75c

Author: Cone, Michael A.

Publisher: Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone

Published Date: January 2022

Physical Description: 354 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Transportation; Water Travel; Travel; Kootenay Lake; Boat; Ferry; History

Abstract: Connecting the Kootenays chronicles the history of the Kootenay Lake ferry service from its modest beginnings in 1921 through to its 100th anniversary in 2020. -- From back cover

Contents: The Great Trunk Road (1908-1921) ; The Canadian Pacific Railway Fills the Gap (1884-1913) ; The Nasookin: Queen of Kootenay Lake (1913-1930) ; Nelson to Kuskanook: A Trip to Remember (1921-1930) ; The Provinical Government Steps In (1931) ; The Great Depression and the Second World War (1931-1947) ; Saying Goodbye to the Nasookin (1947-1956) ; A New Ferry and a New Route (1947-1954) ; The Auxiliary Ferry: The Balfour (1954) ; Growing Pains for the Two-Ferry Service and the Opening of the "Skyway" (1955-1963) ; Labour Strife, Major Rebuilds and Looking beyond the New Millennium (1964-1999) ; The Osprey 2000, Privitization and Facing Challenges Ahead (2000-2020)

ISBN: 9781778350511

Accession Number: P2022.12

Call Number: 08.5 C75c

Collection: Archives Library

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Vertical reference : the life of legendary mountain helicopter rescue pilot Jim Davies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2020

Author: Calvert, Kathy

Publisher: [Canada] : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 08.5 C11v

1 website

Author: Calvert, Kathy

Responsibility: Kathy Calvert

Publisher: [Canada] : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Helicopter Skiing; Helicopters; Davies, Jim; Banff; Bugaboos; Transportation

Abstract: An exciting and heart-pounding look at one of Western Canada’s most adventurous individuals, known as a pioneer pilot of the heli-ski industry and as the first mountain-rescue pilot in the Canadian National Parks system. Jim Davies is an icon of competence and courage as the first heli-skiing pilot in Canada. But it is his groundbreaking work as a helicopter rescue pilot for Parks Canada that made him a legend to all who worked with him. His stellar career as a pilot overshadowed his other talents as a ski racer and artist. Jim received several awards for his work in mountain rescue, including the Helicopter Association International – Pilot Safety Award of Excellence, the Alberta Achievement Award for excellence in helicopter flying, the Summit of Excellence Award at the Banff Film and Book Festival, and the Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award for “distinguished performance in helicopter mountain flying.” He is now retired and living in Banff, pursuing his love of painting and photography. (From Rocky Mountain Books)

Contents: Foreward; Acknowledgements; Growing up; A glimpse of the world; Birth of heli-skiiling in the Bugaboos; Changes: from Bugaboos to Banff; Permission or forgiveness; Development of the public safety program; Eclectice use of the helicopter; The contract; No lack of work; The coast and home again; Appendix: public safety in parks today; Endnotes; Bibliography

ISBN: 9781771604154

Accession Number: 2021.05

Call Number: 08.5 C11v

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

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They call me George : the untold story of black train porters and the birth of modern Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Author: Foster, Cecil

Publisher: Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis

Edition: First, revised

Call Number: 08.1 F81t

1 website

Author: Foster, Cecil

Responsibility: Cecil Foster

Edition: First, revised

Publisher: Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 296 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Railways; Labour; Racism; Canada; History; Travel; Transportation

Abstract: Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger—yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Subjected to grueling shifts and unreasonable standards—a passenger missing his stop was a dismissible offense—the so-called Pullmen of the country’s rail lines were denied secure positions and prohibited from bringing their families to Canada, and it was their struggle against the racist Dominion that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better. (From publisher's website)

ISBN: 9781771962612

Accession Number: P2020.7

Call Number: 08.1 F81t

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

http://biblioasis.com/shop/non-fiction/they-called-us-george-a-history-of-the-black-train-porters-in-canada/

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Chief Mountain International Highway : Waterton-Glacier's promised road

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2010

Author: Morrison, Chris

Publisher: Waterton Park, Alta. : Goathaunt Pub

Call Number: 13.117 M83c

Author: Morrison, Chris

Responsibility: Chris Morrison

Publisher: Waterton Park, Alta. : Goathaunt Pub

Published Date: 2010

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill., map, ports.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Glacier National Park (U.S.); Transportation

ISBN: ISBN: 9780969697435

Accession Number: 60,000 2010-12-17

Call Number: 13.117 M83c

Collection: Archives Library

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A road for Canada : the illustrated story of the Trans-Canada Highway

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Francis, Daniel

Publisher: North Vancouver : Stanton Atkins & Dosil Publishers

Call Number: 02.4 F84r c.1; 02.4 F84r c.2

Author: Francis, Daniel

Responsibility: Daniel Francis

Publisher: North Vancouver : Stanton Atkins & Dosil Publishers

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 186 p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Automobiles; Big Bend; Development; Roads; Rogers Pass; Trans Canada Highway; Transportation

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 0-9732346-7-9; 9780980930405

Accession Number: 7798; P2015-03-31

Call Number: 02.4 F84r c.1; 02.4 F84r c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Vista 2000 bus service visitor survey

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2000

Call Number: 08.5 V82s Pam

Responsibility: prepared by Siobhan Jackson Consulting

Published Date: 2000

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Tourism; Transportation

Notes: for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay Field Unit, Parks Canada

Accession Number: 7301

Call Number: 08.5 V82s Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Forest Technology School trail interpretation

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs which Ben Gadd collected or produced as part of an interpretive trail guide for the Forest Technology School in Hinton, Alberta in 1992. Photographs depict a fire watchtower, trains, a power plant, forest views, and a small lodge or warden cabin near Hinton, Alberta.

Date Range: 1992

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / NA - 1 to 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: V810 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: V810

Sub-Series: V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / NA - 1 to 6

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1992

Physical Description: 24 photographs : 6 col. film strips ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs which Ben Gadd collected or produced as part of an interpretive trail guide for the Forest Technology School in Hinton, Alberta in 1992. Photographs depict a fire watchtower, trains, a power plant, forest views, and a small lodge or warden cabin near Hinton, Alberta.

Notes: Original storage envelope kept in file

Subject Access: Fire lookouts; Natural resources; Environment; Warden cabins; Log structures; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Hinton

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Related Material: Corresponding textual material in file M590/III/D/118; Corresponding negatives in file V810/III/D/PA-12 to 18

Category: Environment; Natural resources

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Qualicum Wind

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one VHS tape titled "Launching 'Qualicum Wind' Oct. 16, 1988".

Date Range: 1988

Reference Code: LUX / II / F4 / NV - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Video

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F4 ; Audiovisual and sound records

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F4 / NV - 1

GMD: Film; Video

Date Range: 1988

Physical Description: 1 VHS tape

History / Biographical: The boat "Qualicum Wind" was christened by the daughter of its builder, Brian Salmon, in honour of Eleanor Luxton. Salmon's goal was to reenact the voyage of Norman Luxton's canoe, the Tilikum, in order to celebrate and publicize Norman's journey.

Scope & Content: File consists of one VHS tape titled "Launching 'Qualicum Wind' Oct. 16, 1988".

Name Access: Salmon, Brian

Subject Access: Boats; Transportation; Travel; History; Recreation

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Transportation; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel Industry Association of Canada policy statement : the official objectives of TIAALTA

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1977

Call Number: 02.8 Al1tia Pam

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 23 p. : 1 map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hotels; Tourism; Transportation

Accession Number: 5305

Call Number: 02.8 Al1tia Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Map in 2 sections showing Transportation Alberta

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1977

Publisher: Produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Alberta

Call Number: C9-5.8(b)

Publisher: Produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Alberta

Published Date: 1977

Scale: Scale: 1:750,000

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Series: Sheets #1 and 2

Subjects: Alberta; Transportation

Accession Number: 11,500

Call Number: C9-5.8(b)

Collection: Archives Library

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Water rescue (training): Jet boat Bow River July 1975

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: written on negative: 1975

Date Range: July 1975

Reference Code: V190 / IV. A.ii. - 13 / NA - 56

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V190

Series: IV. Warden collection

Sub-Series: IV.A.ii. Rescue B.N.P.

Reference Code: V190 / IV. A.ii. - 13 / NA - 56

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: July 1975

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 6 cm.; 1 of 2 images on filmstrip

Scope & Content: written on negative: 1975

Subject Access: Education; Environment and Nature; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Images

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Water rescue (training): Jet boat Bow River July 1975

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: written on negative: 1975

Date Range: July 1975

Reference Code: V190 / IV. A.ii. - 13 / NA - 57

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V190

Series: IV. Warden collection

Sub-Series: IV.A.ii. Rescue B.N.P.

Reference Code: V190 / IV. A.ii. - 13 / NA - 57

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: July 1975

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 6 cm.; 1 of 2 images on filmstrip

Scope & Content: written on negative: 1975

Subject Access: Education; Environment and Nature; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Images

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Water rescue (training): Jet boat Bow River July 1975

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: July 1975

Reference Code: V190 / IV. A.ii. - 13 / NA - 58

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V190

Series: IV. Warden collection

Sub-Series: IV.A.ii. Rescue B.N.P.

Reference Code: V190 / IV. A.ii. - 13 / NA - 58

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: July 1975

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 6 cm.

Subject Access: Education; Environment and Nature; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Images

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: John Amatt fonds

Scope & Content: V788/E contains one photographs album with 49 colour photographs pertaining to the Baffin Island trip in 1974

Date Range: 1974

Reference Code: V788 / E

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: John Amatt fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M563 / V788 / S57

Series: V788 / E

Sous-Fonds: V788

Accession Number: 2017.8659

Reference Code: V788 / E

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1974

Physical Description: 1 photograph album : 49 photographs ; colour

History / Biographical: John Amatt (May 19, 1945 - ) was an educator, expedition leader, public speaker, and founder of One Step Beyond WorldWide. He was a climber, business manager, spokesman and press liason for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.